FOR TEACHERS
Educator
Megasites
Awesome Library for Teachers
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/teacher.html
Thousands of "carefully reviewed resources,
including the top 5 percent in education. "
Blue
Web'n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
"An online library of 1700+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by
subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects,
resources, references, & tools)."
Gateway to Educational Materials
http://www.thegateway.org
Search or browse thousands of high quality educational materials,
including lesson plans, activities and projects. A project of the U.S.
Department of Education.
Education
World
http://www.education-world.com
This site, which bills itself as "the educator's best friend" contains
lesson plans, professional development, teacher tips, ideas for
integrating technology in the classroom, links to teacher tools and
templates, and more.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide
Excellent collection of K-12 sites organized by subject area, as well
as information about evaluation of sites.
MarcoPolo : Internet Content for the Classroom
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx
"Highest quality, standards-based Internet content and professional
development" for K-12 teachers and students. Teacher resources include
lesson plans, student activities, and reviewed web sites.
SchoolNet
http://www.schoolnet.ca
Collection of instructional resources for every area in curriculum at
every grade level. Projects, links to curriculum resources, and other
support.
TeachersFirst Content Matrix
http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix.htm
Look for the subject you want, click on the grade level you need and
get an annotated list of quality sites. (Note: Since every link opens
in a frame within the TeachersFirst site, you need to check the URL at
the top of the frame to see the original URL).
Teach With
Movies
http://www.teachwithmovies.org
Teaching guides to popular films "describe the benefits of the movie,
possible problems, and helpful background. Discussion questions,
bridges to reading, projects and links to the Internet are also
provided."
Art
ARTiculation
http://www.articulation4kids.com
This site is designed to help students learn to look at artwork and
understand the process of making art. Click on Reviews and
Resources to access dozens of activities for students to teach,
review and reinforce material presented in the three areas: the
elements of art; principles of design; and the art critiquing process.
Also included are an art timeline and vocabulary section.
Ceramics and Pottery : TeachPottery.net
http://www.teachpottery.net/
Lesson plans, multimedia
presentations, scavenger hunts, quizzes and more for teaching an
Introduction to Ceramics and Pottery course.
Classroom Exchanges
e-Pals Classroom Exchange
http://www.epals.com
Look for class match based on age, geography and languages, among
other criteria.
Gaggle
http://www.gaggle.net
A safe way to provide students with free e-mail accounts. Allows
sign-up only through teachers and schools; monitors and blocks
inappropriate messages and language.
Classroom Management
The You Can Handle Them All Website - A Discipline and Behavior
Resource
http://www.disciplinehelp.com/
"A discipline model for handling over one hundred different
misbehaviors at school and at home."
Education News
Education Week
http://www.edweek.com/
Online version of Education Week, the weekly newspaper related to K-12
education. This searchable site includes full-text articles on all
aspects of education including background articles on hot topics
(choice, privatization, inclusion, etc) and excellent coverage of
court rulings related to education. Also includes articles from its
sister publication, Teacher Magazine. Great for graduate school papers
and projects!
ESL
Dave's ESL Cafe Idea Cookbook
http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/
Teacher resources on the best ESL/EFL site. Be sure to check out the
student links, too.
ESLgold.com
http://www.eslgold.com
This large site has free English teaching and learning materials for
both students and teachers. Teacher materials include handouts, tips,
lessons, and textbook suggestions.
ESL
Partyland Teachers
http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/Tinitial.htm
Ideas and printable materials for ESL teachers.
ESL Resources, Handouts and Exercises for Students and Teachers
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/index.html
An excellent collection of resouces pages, handouts and exercises on
English grammar, especially for English language learners. From the
OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University.
Foreign Language
Portes Françaises
http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/fls/
Excellent site "conçu pour ceux et celles qui enseignent en français
dans les écoles anglaises du Québec."
Spanish Latin American Network Information Center
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12/
Welcome to FL Teaching Using the Internet
http://www.ea1785.org/htm/Units/Upper/modlang/putnam/putnam.htm
Great site containing web links to general FL resources, French,
Spanish, Italian and German language resources, plus links to projects
and activities for using them. Created by Mrs. C. B. Putnam, a
language teacher at the Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania.
Graphic Organizers
The
Graphic Organizer
http://www.graphic.org/
Dozens of samples of graphic organizers to help students describe,
compare and contrast, classify, sequence, make decisions, plus tips on
how to use them in the classroom and links to more information.
Create a
Graph -- NCES's Student Classroom
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
From the National Center for Educational Statistics comes this site
that lets you make a bar, pie, area, or line graph that you can print
out or download to your computer.
Music
Great Performance: Educational Resources (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/education/education.html
Lesson plans in the arts and culture based on musical theater, opera,
classical music and more, using resources of Great Performance TV
programs.
K-12 Resources for Music Educators
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html
Hundreds of sites for general music teachers, as well as band,
orchestra and choral teachers.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum : Programs for Teachers
http://www.rockhall.com/programs/plans.asp
An incredible resource of lesson plans incorporating music into
history and English teaching.
New York State & City Education Departments
New York City Department of Education
http://schools.nyc.gov
Official portal to NYC's Department of Education (formerly "The Board
of Ed").
New York State Education Department
http://www.nysed.gov
Check requirements for teacher and professional licensing, state
curriculum and standards, information on high school graduation
requirements.
Physical Education & Health
P.E. Central : The Web Site for Health and Physical
Education Teachers
http://www.pecentral.org/
Provides the latest information about developmentally appropriate
physical education programs for children and youth". Includes lesson
plans, ideas on assessment, instructional resources, a "best
practices" showcase of physical education programs, links to websites
relevant to P.E. teachers.
Rubrics
ClassWeb Tools : Rubric Builder
http://www.landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php
Create your own rubric and save/share it on the web, or
search for other teacher-created rubrics on a variety of topics. From
the Landmark Project.
Rubistar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
"A free tool to make quality rubrics."
Rubrics from the Staff Room for Ontario Teachers
http://www.harding.edu/USER/dlee/WWW/webquest/RUBRICBUILDING.HTM
Hundreds of rubrics for all subject areas.
Rubrics, Rubrics Teacher Rubric Makers
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
Generate your own personalized rubrics from this site. In addition to
subject-specific rubrics, includes rubrics for behavior, listening,
and homework.
Special Education
Family Village
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu
"Information, resources, and communication opportunities on the
Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their
families, and for those that provide them services and support."
SERI -
Special Education Resources on the Internet
http://seriweb.com/
Extensive collection of information Internet resources relevant to
special education.
Technology Integration
4Teachers
http://4teachers.org/
Free online tools and resources designed to help teachers locate and
create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics, classroom calendars
and more.
Blue
Web'n
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/bluewebn/index.cfm
Check out the internet activities and projects at this site.
Exworthy Educational Resources
http://members.tripod.com/exworthy
Links to resources on planning and implementing staff development,
technology planning, media literacy , and resources for tech
coordinators.
Filamentality
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/index.html
A great site that walks you through creating many types of web-based
learning activities.
WebQuests
Best WebQuests.com
http://bestwebquests.com
Excellent evaluated list of WebQuests for a variety of grades and
content areas. Developed and maintained by Tom March, one of creators
of the WebQuest.
The WebQuest Page
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
A resource for those who wish to use or create webquests for their
students. Includes an overview of webquests, and examples of webquests
for all levels and curricular areas, and resources to teach others how
to evaluate and design webquests.
WebQuests for High School Students
(Nellie's English Projects)
http://www.nelliemuller.com/task2.htm
Links to hundreds of great webquests in all curricular areas for high
school students. Note: The webquests are listed in no particular
order, so you have to work a little harder, but the sites are worth
the effort. The scrollbar to move up and down the page is curiously on
the left of the screen.
WebQuest
Design Patterns
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/all.htm
Examine different types of webquests, and find templates to design a
webquest matched to your instructional purposes
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